mono no aware
/ˈmɒnəʊ nəʊ əˈwɑːri/noun
In Japanese art, literary criticism, etc.: a capacity to be, or the experience of being, deeply and spontaneously moved by various poignant manifestations of nature, including human nature; especially a sense of pathos arising from intense awareness of the impermanence of earthly things.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Monumenta Nipponica. From Japanese mono no aware sense of pathos, aesthetic sensitivity, lit. ‘being deeply moved by things’ from mono + no, possessive particle + aware pathos, sorrow.
- meeskite
- meester
- meet
- meetable
- meet-and-greet
- meeter
- meetiner
- meetin'er
- meeting
- meetinger
- meeting-goers
- meeting ground
- meeting house
- meeting place
- meeting point
- meeting time
- meetly
- meetness
- meet one's Maker
- meet one's match
- meet someone halfway
- meet someone's eye (or eyes)
- meet the case
- meet-the-people
- meetup